New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-12-23
lBY CABLE To TIE TRIBUNE. I

aroDDcd from bclRefcnt 10 an almost
tone. Prince Bismarck and Count Kanolly, say
the cynics of diplomacy have got what they
wanted The cost to the bourse spectators has
been heavy. The public for some days was serious
IL alarmed st. Petcrs..Trg, wherce the panic was
supposed to have its origin. was more puzzled by
IL than any other capital.
The Queen has been detained at Windsor by
severe cold but had sufficiently recovered to leave
for Osborne yesterday where she in;onGs to remain
two months. This, if true, puts IN end to ii c
story Of her opening Parliament il person
Copious kilograms about Lord Randolph
Churchlls journey begin to arrive from the Con-
tincnt The only facts amid many gucsses are
that he and Lady Randolph Churchill arrived at
Berlin where he called on Count Herbert Bis
marck, who returned the call If, rs this dispatch
SAYS they were to leave at once for ST. Peters
burg it means that Prince Bismarck declined to
see Lord Randolph Churchill: winch is n mistake
on Prince Bismarcks part, the more so since the
Tory leader is not alone. Speculdtions have al
ready begun about his interview with the Car.
The Due d Orleans son of the Comte de Paris,
who has passed his examination at Sandhurst
Military College, has accepted staff appointment
with the Rifles sometimes called the Rife Brigade
quartered in India This appointment Is without
pay and its military duties are perhaps not unlike
those performed by the Comtc de Paris and Due de
Chartres during the Rebellion in America. They
will be voluntary; but the Due d Orleans would
none the less be in awkward pcSt on should war
break out the Afghan frontier and the klucS
be ordered duty against the Russian troops.
The Home Rulers, / hear complaining of
Mr. Gladstonc's journey abroad They thlnk h'
ought to stay in England or better STILL go to Ire
land and fill the interval before Parliament meets
with more speeches. Perhaps Mr.. Gladstone is
wiser than they The effect of his Nottingham
spcechcs on the English public not such that
friends Of Ireland need wish them
repeated The Remember Michclstown"
cry has stirred up much British pug
nacity on the side Of law. The Roppng
episode with the spectacle of the cX-lrime Min
lister apologzing under pressure of lawyers letter
had even a worse effect. Beside. there have been
too many speeches. Nobody wants the holidays
spoiled with political oratory. Mr. Gladstone now
means to spend his vacation in Italy, chiefly at
Rome and Naples.
The usual Christmas decentralization of the Brit
ish Post Office begins this year earlier than ever
before. Letters are many hours late papers day
late. The department has a year to prepare in,
but is invariably swampcd by its own business
The eminent permanent clerks who rule the Post
Office think a breakdown perfectly natural and
inevitable.
arc announced as likely to be ready next year fer
the transatlantic service Under the present policy
of the Post Office they will carry no mails to New
York The Cunard Conn any meanwhile are
coolly violating their pledges They promised to
run their fast ships regularly through the winter
Last Saturday they dispatched the Gallla an od'
slow steamer Next week they advertise the Both
MIA, which long since tired herself out and every
body who sailed on her These antiquatcd craft
require ten to twelve days for the voyage from
Liverpool to New-York.
London sporting papers are full of interviews
with those heroes kirain and Smith, and ether
lesser heroes. The slugging match has now be
come a Dragging match. Smith is perfectly sure
he should have won had the fight gone on, because
he was just getting in splendid form. lie thinks
Kilrain fought fair, but the English prefer to stand
up and fight straight out instead Of wrestling as
Klrain did. Smith objects to Nil
rain claiming the title Of champion, and would
fight him tomorrow if Kilran likes. lie thinks
Kilrain's challenge bluff aud he thinks Sullivan ;
challenge bluff. hiram agrees with him on TINS
latter point. Both profess to he ready to fight
Sullivan for any sum at any time be likes suppos
ing he beats Mitchell
Sir Wilfrcd Lawson, always useful friend TO
every canse he opposes, declares the pilzc ring only
part and parcel of the whole system OF Chris
tianity and civilization prevailing throughout
Europe. A clergyman Of the Church OF Ehglahd
has preached a sermon oxtollng the courage, en-
durance and other virtues displayed by these
worthless as a justification for prizc-fghting.
The Jockey Club has now good chance to vim
dicate the character Of the turf, over whose dcs-
TIMES this club prcsides. Lord Durhams recent
accusations against a certain stable nave Drought
forth n letter from Sir George Chctwynd, one of
the best-known racing men in England. Sir George
has extracted from Lord Durham, by some pres
sure the admission that he did refer TO Shcrram
stable, where he has horses in training, ana ana
refer TO the way in which one OF :, OSc horses mas
lately run. Thcrcupon Sir George invited Lord Dur
ham either to rctract or to fight. Lord Durham re-
fused and Sir George promises to bring his con
duct before the stewards of the Jockey Club and
the committee of the Turf Club adding tnat he has
already satisfied the Jockey Club Of the fairness
with which the horse in question has been run
Lord Durham rctOrts to-day that he is ready for a
public inquiry into the facts The stewards OF
the Jockey Club sometimes take narrow views OF
their duties, but If they decline TO investigate
what Sir Georee Chctwynd calls Lord Durham's
insinuati ions, the law courts are open. An action
for libel would clear the air considerably Lord
Durham. | hear, has already placed himself in "a
lawyers hands Wood the jockey, moreover, is
said TO have begun action against the paper which
named him as referred to by Lord Durham On
the whole, interesting disclosures may he expected
Sir George Chctwynd is one Of the shIcwdest men
on the turf and least likely to commit himself to
any transaction outside the code Of turf mor"!s'
o. w. S.
KILRAIN AND SMITH ACIEE TO A DRAW
I0Npos Dec .2-smiih and kilrain met In the
Office Of The sporting Life" to-day and agreed 10 let
their fight stand draw.
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